Switch



April 2,1929.

|. E. NOVINGER 1,707,739

SWITCH Filed March 16, 1927 Jwvontoz jlffl az zir ei Patented Apr. 2, 1929.

UNITED STATES ISRAEL E. NOVINGER, OF NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

SWITCH.

Application filed March 16, 1927.

This invention has reference to tracks, and more particularly tracks used in mines and over which mine cars operate and wherein the tracks being constantly torn up and relaid.

The priming object o1 the invention is to provide a plate of a novel construction to be used at the intersection oi tracks, th plate being supplied with rail sections to form continuations of the rails so that substantially straight rail sections may be used in connec tion tl'iercwith, in the construction of the track.

A further ohject of the invention is to eliminate the use of long rail sections having curved extremities, in the construction of a switch, as a part of a track.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is aplan view illustrating a switch plate constructed in accordance with the invent-ion.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view thereol Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Reterrin to the drawing in detail, the device includes a base plate 5, a rail section 6 being cast i gral with the plate and having a curved extremity 7, as clearly shown by the drawing.

A rail section 8 is also cast with the plate and is provided with a curved extremity 9 so that car wheels, having a tendency to jump the track, at this point will be guided to the track.

The reference character 10 designates the Serial No. 175,805.

frog which is disposed between'the curved portions 7 and 8 and in spaced relation therewith so that clearances are provided for the flanges oi the wheels moving over the track.

Spike openings 11 are formed in the edges of the base plate 5 so that the device may be spiked to the ties, it being understood that it is contemplated to construct the plate 5 of a size so that it will span the space between adjacent ties when the adjacent ties are supported in proximity to each other as shown by Figure 1.

From the foregoing it Will be seen tha due to this construction, a track may be made up of straight rails, it being unnecessary to employ rails having curved ends, as is the usual manner of constructing railway switches.

In the construction of a track, the straight rails may be brought into close engagement with the frog and rails 6 and 8 oft-he plate forming the essence of this invention, thereby facilitating the construction of tracks.

I claim: a i

In a device of the class described, a rectangular base plate having diametrically opposite corners cut away, a rail section formed integral with the plate and extending from one of the cut away corners of the plate and curved laterally, a rail extending from the opposite cut away corner of the plate and terminating in spaced relation with the curved rail section, a rearwardly extended rail section extending from the last mentioned rail section, a curved rail section extending in proximity to the rail sections and having its ends terminating at the edges of the )late, and said base plate adapted to be po ioned with its rail ends adjacent to the ends of the rails of the track with which the device used.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

ISRAEL E. NOVINGER. 

